Biscuit.



UNITED JOHN P. E. Hl'llh'TZ, OF CHICAGO. lLLIXOlS, ASSIGNOR TO MANr-XBJ'UAN LAXAllVE COMPANY, OF CHICAGO lLLINtIilS,

5% ATE tfi l r itfi iillt 'lt GREECE" BISUUZT CURPORATlON OF OKLAHOMA BISCUIT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 15, 1.908.

Application filed November 2, 1906. Serial No. 3 41,791.

To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that 1', Jonx I F. il'tix'rz, a citizen of the United States, residing at. (Thieago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Irnprovenient in Biscuits, (it which the following is a specification.

My invention relates, more particularly, to an imprt'n'enient in the ("hiss oi biscuits commonly known as eraclt'ern.

The object of my invention is to provide, as a new article of mamit act'nre for the market, and in the nature of a ti od-produrt'. a biscuit in the clasx referred to having" laxative properties, to the end that it may be eaten as a food and at the same time exert a desirable lai'atirc et'teet upon the bowels.

To prepare my new article of nnniu'tariiure I may employ ingredients commonly used for nakin g crackers. and add the eto. in desirable proportion. bran and St'iitlzl. as laxative ingredients to exert a avnergyistir action upon each other. A eoi'ul'nuind suitable tor the prothiction of in im 'irm'ed arti ie oi" nninut'acture the toitowing, in the ii-upon tions speeiiied. though these nia be varied without departure from my invention:

Wl an iiourwfinnfiwe. 192 pounds. Snganm" 4t) hjtolabaes 25 liardwe w e -v..n 30 Soda bicarbomite 2 t Ammonia at-imitation l Water M Y-.e 5t;

Bran E20 Senna H,

- The ingredients, ex"

ire P'Oillilitfiil in the to formula.

ordinary, known grade of so t-eicncd i All of the ingredients of the in formula may fltt i'lili d, 'lOflE'tlI i' to pr the stool; from witch to rorluco my .i proved articic 0t n'mnn'i and t kneaded dough is rolled to the proper degree of thinness, cut into biscuit shapes, and sub jected to baking. he heat of baking causes the soda bicarbonate ingredient; to act cheniieally upon the cathartic acid 01'? the Senna inpgrenient to modify the action of the latter,

thus preventing;- any tendency to undue physi- -gredienta together, to mix the Senna and 1 soda separately in about the proportions referred to. with water, bring theinixturc to the b iling point andv then allow it to stand and cool. for about twenty-tour hours, then evaporate toilrynesa and pulverize the residuum. This I'OSiflHNii] is; thereby reduced to the proper condition for mixing with the other ingredients named in the foregoing ftnsnnda, preparatory to the subsequent kneading, rollin and bz'iking operations.

What i claim as new and deairc to secure by lantern Patent, is"

,1. As a new article of manufacture, a laxative biscuit composed of balceail cracker-niateriah 50111121 and bran.

a new article of nnnnrtat-ture, a lattatiic binenit composed of a baked mixture of rrzntrr-niaterial, hit-hiding tiour. saceharine matter, and soda bicarbonate, and snnna and bran.

II). As, a new article of inanntz'ictare, a lax-- ati're niscuit conniosed ot a baked inixtrn'e of than; sun'ar, iuolannen, lard, soda bit:arboi'iate ammonia earlmnato. water, bran and Senna, in Nil-321i annually the roportions specified.

JOHN P. E. HlillN'lZ.

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